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First Aired - 03/30/2010 05:00PM
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Joshua Bernstein & Jen Ward join as guests and Samuel Meritt co-hosts. The crew talks nano brewing, contract brewing and answers a live call-in question!
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Beer Sessions Introduction (16:25)
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Beer Sessions, The Good Beer Seal, Heritage Radio Network, Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No 43, www.jimmysno43.com, Samuel Merritt, Civilization of Beer, Cicerone, www.cicerone.org, Joshua Bernstein, Jen Ward, Brooklyn Beer Gal, Firestone, wine vs beer, He Said Beer She Said Wine, beers that taste like wine, beer is making a comeback, Union Beer, Mega Portfolio Tasting, The Porterhouse, Oyster Stout, Dublin Ireland, Guinness, Founder's Dry Hop Pale Ale, Joe Mama Stout, Keegan's Irish Pub, Six Point, Grand Crew, Sam Adams, Boston, Jim Koch, passion for beer, The Asheville Breweries, southern beers, Highland Brew, Craggy Brewing, North Carolina, moonshine, www.imbibemagazine.com, Imbibe Magazine, Blue Ridge Mountains, locally centered breweries, regional breweries, sustainability, local hops farmers, local honey, Craft Brewers Conference, Chicago, Goose Island, beer education, Lagunitas Brewing Company, Oregon Brewers Festival,Josh Bernstein of Imbibe Magazine & A Live Call In Question! (17:05)
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Josh Bernstein, Norway, Nogne O, world class beers, mostly for export, Blind Tiger, live call in question!, most fancy beers are expensive, go to tastings, Budweiser, good beers for a starter, Duvel, www.beeradvocate.com, stronger alcohol content, www.greatbeer.com, @BrooklynBeerGal, beersessions@gmail.com, nano breweries, going pro can cost upwards of $100,000, Alex Hall, Chris Post, Wandering Star, English sensability, Cask Ale, warmer beer has more flavor, Foster's, think local or regional, start with Brooklyn Lager, cream ale style, drinking to get drunk, beer is a drink of moderation, health benefits of the grains, naturally made beer, wild yeast, barrel aging, nomad brewery, there are many ways to get into the beer business, ale with chardonnay grapes aged in oak barrels, making beer like wine, May 25th at d.b.a. in Brooklyn, start with Victory Brownmaster Pilsner, Budweiser used to be a better beer,Sam Adams, Contract Brewing & The Idea of "Craft" Breweries (13:05)
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Union Beer, Italian beer, it's hard to find good beer, people in Boston swear by Sam Adams, is Sam Adams craft beer?, Beer Wars, Anat Baron, craft brewing, just because a beer is available everywhere doesn't mean it's bad, education, regional breweries, Boston, contract brewing, Jim Koch tastes the beers every day to test for consistency, beer and food, pairings, Dateline NBC slammed Jim Koch for contract brewing, Brooklyn Brewery contracts to upstate, Julia Child, Sixpoint, it's a big investment to brew beer especially in a city, Blue Smoke, Blue Smoke Original Ale, Garrett Oliver, The Dive Bar, house beer, Danny Meyer, stouts with chocolate finish,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 03/09/2010 05:00PM
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This week on Beer Sessions, Sam Merritt co-hosts with guests Toby Egan of Beerlord, Ben Wiley of Bar Great Harry & Brandon Moore and Jay Steinhauer of America Beer Distributing.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Sam Merritt & Toby Egan (15:44)
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Beer Sessions, Heritage Radio Network, The Good Beer Seal, craft beers, Jimmy's No 43, Sam Merritt, Civilization of Beer, Toby Egan, Beerlord, www.beerlord.com, The Best of New York Beer Culture, Ben Wiley, Bar Great Harry, Sam started off at Brooklyn Brewery, Sam used to be a swimmer in college, Craft Brewers Guild, Sierra Nevada, first wave of craft beer into New York, selling beer through educating people, www.beerlord.com is a one stop shop to find the good bars in New York that have good beer, finding good beer in New York, tastings, the bars on beerlord.com are a bit broader, historic New York bars, McSorley's Old Ale House, clean your draught lines!, whole hog cooking, Sam Barbieri, Waterfront Ale House, Belgian Beer, American beers are very creative, Green Flash, San Diego,Ben Wiley of Bar Great Harry (16:01)
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Ben Wiley, Bar Great Harry, Carroll Gardens, www.bargreatharry.com, Ben did not drink beer until he was 21 years old, tonight is The night of the oatmeal stouts, Stoudts Fat Dog, Wolaver's Organic Oatmeal, the oatmeal adds a silky sooth mouthfeel to the beer, planned tastings, Stella, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Brooklyn normals, rise in home brewing, George Keeley's, not many Irish bars on beerlord.com, the only good Irish beer is Guiness, B United, bringing a beer next month called The Powerhouse, Nitrogen Line Stout, from Ireland, cooker cutter Irish, bridge and tunnel tourist Irish bars, UK beers on St Patrick's Day at Jimmy's No 43, ICE, Institute of Culinary Education, largest recreational division in the country, Sam is teaching a class called Guinness is Good For You, Cicerone Certification Program,Brandon Moore & Jay Steinhauer of America Beer Distributing (14:18)
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Ben Wiley, Bar Great Harry, speakeasy event on March 23rd, Holy Grail Ale, Brandon Moore, Jay Steinhauer, special event tonight: screening of the documentary 'American Beer', made in 2002, Dogfish Head, Lake Front, growler's of McNeill's, Blind Tiger, Ray McNeill, started in music, the brewery was a jailhouse a town hall and a fire station, McNeill's brewery, you can get it at Jimmy's No 43, Pullman's Porter, Firehouse Amber, Warlord Imperial IPA, Jay is a sales rep in the Brooklyn area, The Beer Advocate Craft Beer Festival in Boston, Terrapin, 101 Bottles, in store samplings, Jay ran a record store, parallels between beer and music, smaller breweries are like underground artists, emerge once the product quality is improved, Captain Lawrence, Westchester, Blue Point, Victory, new craft beers, Ron Jeffries, Jolly Pumpkin, small run beer, Lakefront, Hair of the Dog, Portland, www.civilizationofbeer.com, Sam Merritt will be filming with Emeril next week, Martha Stewart, Garrett Oliver, if you're opening a bar you should know your neighborhood, everybody wants good beer,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 01/03/2010 12:00PM
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Patrick Martins & Katy Keifer celebrate the new decade by looking back at the "nought-ies" with guests Samuel Merritt, Mike Edison & Shanna Pacifico.
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The Main Course Introduction: END OF DECADE RECAP! (7:56)
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The Main Course, Patrick Martins, Katy Keiffer, the noughties, end of the decade, decade best list, 1910's, prohibition, 1919, the wobblies, Socialist and Communist thought, sound barrier, Tito Puente, Syd Barrett,Patrick Martins: Top Ten Foods of the Decade (21:23)
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1: the pretzel at Prime Meats, 2: the honeycomb tripe at Roberta's, 3: the farmstead burger at La Laiterie in Providence Rhode Island, 4: Ancient White Park Cattle, 5: anchovies from Di Liberteo & Sons, 6: Sam Edwards of Surry Virginia prosciutto, 7: Rinaldo's pizza recipe, 8: jowl nuggets from Shanna Pacifico at Back Forty, 9: the Thanksgiving stuffing at Restaurant Daniel, 10: Nootke Sound oysters from the Nuu-Chah-Nulth tribe, Ol' Dirty Bastard,Samuel Merritt: The Decade In Beer (24:48)
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Samuel Merritt, beer, Civilization of Beer, Garrett Oliver, beer trends, Belgium, Belgian beer, hops, fermentation, alcohol, cider, Lambic fruit, German, Bamburg, Schlenkerla, bottle conditioning, most commercial beers are artificially carbonated, lager, the key to funneling beer has everything to do with carbonation, triple style beer, James Brown,Remembering "The Nought-ies"; The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (20:24)
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Mike Edison, Shanna Pacifico, Pluto, the downgrading of Pluto, dwarf planet, New York Post, Live From Mars, Wacko Jacko Backo On Tracko, Liza Minelli & David, The rise of the crocs and uggs, Mario Batalli, male clogs, lack of civility, style trends, fashion, low cut jeans, long shirt, hoodies, big boots, leggings, latex pants, Lady Gaga, iPod, social networking, facebook, twitter, the decade of no secrets, Mike Edison plans on reclaiming the word fabulous for straight men, fierce, Tyra Banks, Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, gay culture became mainstream, Bravo, Liberace, Red Bull, instant gratification with the internet, Michael Jackson, Screamin Jay Hawkins,Politics, Science & Technology of the Past Decade (7:35)
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James Brown, Abe Lincoln, habeas corpus, Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, the universe is 13.7 billion years old, Sam Shepard, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, why are astronauts no longer our heros, NASA,Beer, Beer, Beer (13:46)
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Duvel, Belgium, Stella Artois, Mike has dranken 32 cases of beer in the shower over the last decade, Michelada, Bloody Mary, ice, Modella, Essie Mae Washington-Williams,Changes Over The Last Decade: Food, Blogs & Media (25:27)
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Heritage Radio Network, globalization, market segmentation, Blue Moon, Coors, The American Brewers Association, Slow Food, The Botany Of Desire, Michael Pollan, The Omnivores Dilemma, The Food Network, food blogs, www.aintitcool.com, The New York Times, Gourmet magazine, print media, The Dixie Chics, distribution of free content, Hearst Ranch, Roberta's, Barack Obama, blue states and red states, http://www.meatingplace.com/, September 11th, 9/11, Osama Bin Laden,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
